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Need help
The long story: (btw just bought this truck and i'm new to ford)
Alright so i had stopped at the store,when i came out car wouldn't start. So it seemed to be the battery so i put an extra i had on it. Still wouldn't start,noticed the starter selenoid wasn't working so i changed that.The battery terminals were beaten up,but managed to get it were it started. So i drove back to were i have it stored and the car just dies on the highway,i pulled over and tried to crank it but after the key returned IT KEPT CRANKING. It wouldn't stop, so i jumped out and saw the (-)terminal wire's plastic cover was melting so i pulled it out and it stopped.
Question: What would have kept the truck cranking even after i turned the switch off and the key was out?
-Thanks for the help!
Alright so i had stopped at the store,when i came out car wouldn't start. So it seemed to be the battery so i put an extra i had on it. Still wouldn't start,noticed the starter selenoid wasn't working so i changed that.The battery terminals were beaten up,but managed to get it were it started. So i drove back to were i have it stored and the car just dies on the highway,i pulled over and tried to crank it but after the key returned IT KEPT CRANKING. It wouldn't stop, so i jumped out and saw the (-)terminal wire's plastic cover was melting so i pulled it out and it stopped.
Question: What would have kept the truck cranking even after i turned the switch off and the key was out?
-Thanks for the help!
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soo, lets say the worst would be having to replace the new solenoid right ? I was gonna replace the terminals with the gold ones anyway.(Ever since i did this on my Vw all my electrical gremlins went away).BTW thanks for the quick response.
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When you buy a replacement solenoid, don't get a cheap one. The ones fron Autozone seemed to be the worst(what I learned from these forums). Despite what I said above, a genuine Ford may be the best buy. Although you may pay up to 3 or 4 times as much for one.
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hmm... personally i have always ran the cheap autozone siloniods and they havnt ever given me a trouble, maybe im lucky??? lol
but yes that definately sounds like a sticking solonoid there, autozone ( i know i know you all say they suck lol ) has the duralast gold solonoid for 19.99 ( for a 90 f250 351 ) but i believe they are all the same solonoids ( anyone know for sure )
but yes that definately sounds like a sticking solonoid there, autozone ( i know i know you all say they suck lol ) has the duralast gold solonoid for 19.99 ( for a 90 f250 351 ) but i believe they are all the same solonoids ( anyone know for sure )
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Advance starter relays tend toward crap, too. Only took four before I got one to last longer than a week last time. And I still carry the OEM one from my parts truck in a box just in case the Advance one craps out again.
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They are probably all made in the same factory in China.
Like was said it's a roll of the dice.
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Alright so before as soon as i'd connect the (-) side (with the starter on the relay) it would start to turn the starter over on its own. Now i changed the relay and it didn't happen. The ign switch actuator(rod) isn't broken so i changed the starter switch, this time as soon as i turned the key to "start" you could hear the relay but it wouldn't turn over ...then a pop and smoke came from the new relay. Also the key cylinder on the ign. doesn't return on its own after you hit "start". Before I tried cranking i hooked up the obd I scanner and it just showed it was connected but wouldn't cycle kinda like if the ECU wasn't responding to the request. Any ideas? I'm getting frustrated wondering why i bought this truck!
.................thanks.
.................thanks.
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I nad a 91 ford that did that It burned up 3 starters and 2 selinoids b4 I figured out what to do... also my ignition switch did the same thing so i ran 2 wires to the celenoid and to a momentary connect switch under the dash and every thing was fine after that. so if all else fails. that is a cheap way to do it
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haha....so keep the solenoid just unplug the S terminal (coming from the switch) and add a wire from the + side to one side of the new switch,the other to the Starter terminal on the solenoid . Basically doing the same thing the switch would do if everything was working fine. So what type of switch did you use? wire gauge ? thanks
guess i may do this, i'm too mad to keep going.lol
guess i may do this, i'm too mad to keep going.lol
